Violin-support



(No Model.)

J. F. BUYER. VIOLIN SUPPORT.

No. 492,884. Patented Mar. 7, 1893.

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JAMES F. BOYER, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA.

VIOLIN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,884, dated March 7,1893.

Application filed November 21, 1892. Serial No. 452,716- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. BOYER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Blair, in the county of Washington and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Violin-Support, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Violin supports to assist theplayer in holding the violin in position while playing; and the objectsof myimprovements are to provide a cheap easily applied support, of suchmaterial and in such manner as not to interfere with the tone of theviolin, and at the same time securely hold it in theproper position andeasy for the performer. I attain these objects by the contrivanceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the support applied to a violin, the shell and theneck of the violin being indicated by the broken lines. Fig. 2 is a viewof the support detached from the violin.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout both the views.

The support may bemade of narrow ribbon, webbing or tape, that in theillustrations is braided soft cord, of which a loop 2 is formed ofsufficient size, a smaller tie or fastening loop 4:, is made of aportion of the larger loop, or may bean attached separate piece. Abranch cord or line 3 of sufficient length is attached to the largeloop, far enough from the smaller loop, so that the portion of the largeloop 2' between the loop 4 and the branch 3, is about the right lengthto span the back of the shell of the violin, at its narrowest place,across between the bow curves on each side.

In applying the support the portion of the larger loop 2 directlyopposite to the part 2' is brought to themiddle of the back of the neckof the Violin, as shown in Fig. 1, the portions of the loop between 2and the branch 3, and the tie loop 4, are brought over the shouldersthen along the front or belly each side of the finger board, to andthrough the bow curves to the ends of 2 at the back. The

branch 3 is carried parallel beneath the back to and beyond the tail,forming the loop 5 around the players neck the free end tied in the loop4.

It will be observed that the branch line 3 lying beneath the back andencircling the players neck may easily be adjusted to support the tailagainst the neck and chin of the player, relieving the hand and the chinfrom the usual exertion required to keep the violin in place whileplaying.

The support being made of soft light material has no appreciable effecton the resonant qualities of the instrument; further that portion of thesupport which of necessity rests on the front, belly, or sounding board,nearly coincides with the nodal lines extending from the base of theneck to the corners formed by the junction of the sides with the bowcurves; hence the effects of this support on the sound of the violin arepractically m'l.

By slipping one side of the large loop over the adjacent shoulder of theviolin the support is readily removed, and as easily applied.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A violin support consisting of the loop 2 made of any pliable line,and having the smaller integral loop 4 and the branch 3 the portion ofthe loop 2 between the branch 3 and the loop 4 being nearly equal to thedistance across the back of a violin between the bow-curves,substantially as shown and described.

2. A violin support consisting of a larger loop, having a smallerintegral loop, and a branch with a free end, all made of any pliableline, substantially as shown and described.

Signed at Blair, in the county of 'Washington and State of Nebraska,this 16th day of November, 1892.

JAMES F. BOYER.

In presence of- RICE ARNOLD,

W. E. DAVID.

